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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We have another John Jay and Rich Christmas Wish. It's
a big one, all right, big big one. This is
friends looking out for friends, co workers looking out for
co workers. Get your tissue ready, Christmas Wish. We grant
another one after flow Rider, which is so Christmas Eve.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's John Jane Rich's that get ye, It's the John
Jay and Rich Christmas Wish.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
John Dane Rich. Time for Christmas Wish. We got Lorraine
in the studio, Lorraine Fitzgerald because that's so Irish.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
It is so urge.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Is that where you're from?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
How long you been here?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Ten years though I'm just fresh off the boat.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
To you too. Tell us a little bit about Dawn.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
So me and Dawn mess when I first started in
Arizona Specialty Hospital. It's the hospital that we both work
in on and we met in twenty eighteen, and I
think we became fast friends. We're like kindred spirits. She
is the most incredible person, and I can talk about
her all day, but there's nothing like meeting her in person.
She's just gives so much and refuses to take back.
(01:18):
And sometimes when you offer and help to her, she's
proud and and she just sometimes just doesn't like to
take the help. But she has done so much for others.
Grateful that I have a friend like Don.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Okay, so sweet.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
All right, let's call her she and workers. She at
home this morning? That work okay, Yeah, sounds like she's
busy all the time.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
She's a foster mom.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Right, She's a foster mom. She has fostered like the
twenty three over the past ten years.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Let's get done.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
On the phone, Arizona, specially hospital, Leslie.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Hi, Leslie, can we talk to Don?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Please you can?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
She's right here.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Thank you so much. Say hello Don, Hey Don, it's John,
Jay and Rich. Can we put you on the radio
with us for just a moment please? We promise it's
good news. Uh yeah, we already got it cleared through
your work.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Lorraine. Lorraine is in our studio. I don't.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Know.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Did you know she was from Ireland?
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Well that's what she says.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah, I don She wrote us a letter about you,
and we asked her to come into our studio and
read the letter to.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
You on our radio show. Is that okay? Yes, okay,
So Lorrain, whenever.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
You're ready, Hi, ton Hiri told you that I'd ask
for forgiveness as opposed for permission. Rice Yes, DearS, John, Jay,
and Rich, I'm writing to you about my wonderful friend Dawn.
She has opened her home in her heart to so many.
In addition to her three biological children, she has adopted
two children and has been a foster mom for ten years,
(03:11):
fostering twenty three babies to date. She also home skills
her kids and works as a registered nurse in Arizona
Specialty Hospital and as a community volunteer, all while undergoing
treatment for cancer.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
She is a warrior.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
I love her so much and she has held my
hand and my heart many times in our friendship. She
is a beacon of light and hope, and her strong
dose of humor is contagious. She is one of life's
earth angels. The world needs more of her, but most
importantly the world needs to know more about her. The
(03:48):
biggest challenge of light has been her unreliable mini van.
She has had to put thousands of dollars into repairs
and it just broke down again. I feel she deserves
a little help and to get back what she has
had so selflessly put ice, can you make this Christmas
a little bit less stressful for her?
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Am?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I in trouble.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
That was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Well, Don, we'd like to grant the Christmas wish for you, okay,
so we have some things for you and your family.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I would like to start off by giving you two
hundred dollars to Fries for food, oh, thank you. And
one hundred.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Dollars for the whole family to Chick fil A, Oh yummy,
thank you. Also have one hundred dollars. The whole family
is Banato's Pizzeria and Family.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Kitchen, Oh good, thank you.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
And our friends at United Food Bank they brought you
turkey rolls, produce stuffing, canned goods, and all the fixes
for a hoty meal for the whole family.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
And then we went out shopping specifically for your kids.
So each of your kids is going to receive one
hundred and fifty dollars for clothes at H and M
or Old Navy, okay, thank you. Each of your kids
will also receive one hundred dollars for shoes at DSW.
(05:23):
So we also went shopping for each kid individually. So
for example, Ellie and Maddie eighteen year old.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Right, both of them, Yeah, they.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Each will receive a Fuji film instant camera and film,
body wash, bath bombs, face masks and Superbomb lip tubes,
a Kinsey Studio journal, a fleece blanket and slippers, and
fifty bucks to Sephora.
Speaker 6 (05:47):
Oh that's wonderful.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
For Katie, your ten year old, we got a fully
furnished Barbie Vacation house, rollerskts, helmet and pad, a Barbie
Jumbo dish, The Princess Coloring book, a Barbie Pop Adoption
set You could Be Anything doctor set, and a snuggle
throw Squish mellows blanket and pillow.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
Who love that?
Speaker 6 (06:11):
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (06:12):
And for me, she's six. Yes, we got a Razor kickscooter,
a helmet pads and.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Risk ons awesome.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
A Barbie dance and show horse with great horse Chase Barbie.
You can Be Anything, Vet Barbie, Barbie Jumbo coloring book
with Crayolo crans and markers, a Hello Kitty playpack and
Figuring paint set, Snuggle throw, Squish mellows blanket and pillow.
Speaker 6 (06:39):
Gosh, thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (06:40):
You'll love that.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
You got a lot of kids here.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
I know.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
A seven year old.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
We got him a Razor kickbackscooter with helmet pads, a
blanket and spider Man pillow, a Marvel Avengers, a Racer
and Coloring activity set, a Nerf Weather Blitz football, a
Lego Marvel Infinity Sega set and spider Man set. Marvel
spider Man radio controlled remote control car with turbo boost.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
That's awesome.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
He'll love that.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And for Hudson, you're eighteen month old, we got him
a leaf Frog Bilingual one hundred Animals, Touch and Learn book,
a Cloud Island plush toy set, Gigglescape truck set with
chunky wheels, Fisher Price Sorted Out block set, Laugh and
Learn controller, Gigglescape Silicone cupstacker, and the Very Hungry Caterpillars
First Winter book and plush toy.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Oh my god, it's so fun.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Also, we got your whole family a bunch of gifts too.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
We're gonna give you a.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Seven foot pre lit Christmas tree with ornaments, a tree
topper and a tree skirt.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
Oh thank you, and.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I think this is important. A seven quart crock pot
slow cooker.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Oh yeah, thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
You broke.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
And our friends at Bertuccio Farms are giving you Christmas
at the Farm experience for the whole family.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
It's a great adventure.
Speaker 6 (08:06):
Oh, that's wonderful.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Also, we set up Mia, our friends at Ashley Furniture
and Tempe set her up with a new pink twin
bed and nightstand.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
And our friend Tony Williams from Big O' Tires who's
going to help with the installation of four brand new tires.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
For your car.
Speaker 6 (08:28):
Oh, my goodness, that's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
And one more thing, a generous benefactor with the Miss
Arizona Scholarship Foundation is going to provide a five hundred
dollars college scholarship to both Ellie and Maddie to use
at the university.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Of their choice next year.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Well.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Merry Christmas, Dawn, Thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Merry Christmas.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Now there's one other thing. My wife, Blake.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
She's our little Christmas Elf and she is right outside
with everything we just talked about.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Outside of somewhere, Blake, where are you?
Speaker 6 (09:13):
I am standing out in the lobby. Oh, thank you.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Can you walk out to her or can she walk
out to you? Blake?
Speaker 6 (09:24):
I could walk out to her.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
The only she doesn't have the tires unless you brought
him with her. She was throwing the money ironically, but
as she furniture is there. Everybody's there with everything we
just talked about.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Oh my gosh, thank you.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
Yeah, I can walk down there.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
I can't bring the all.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
We'll keep. We'll keep Blake on the phone until you
show up. Okay, so right, cruise.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
To the outside, the outside of the Okay, here she is,
Merry Christmas.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
So you're welcome so much.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
It's like, come on you, Yeah, we surprised. Oh my gosh, well,
Merry Christmas. We're so happy to be a little helphome
and make joy.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
I'm look at all these people.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Own all your game.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
I'm You're welcome so much.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
So here we are.
Speaker 6 (10:44):
There's there's like thirty people outside for her and all
the gifts, and it's just beautiful. Thank you so much.
I don't know what to say.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Thank you and I'm speechless.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Christmas, Merry Christmas time.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
I love you, Lovain, thank you, You're welcome.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
Rest you soon.
We have another John Jay and Rich Christmas Wish. It's
a big one, all right, big big one. This is
friends looking out for friends, co workers looking out for
co workers. Get your tissue ready, Christmas Wish. We grant
another one after flow Rider, which is so Christmas Eve.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's John Jane Rich's that get ye, It's the John
Jay and Rich Christmas Wish.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
John Dane Rich. Time for Christmas Wish. We got Lorraine
in the studio, Lorraine Fitzgerald because that's so Irish.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
It is so urge.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Is that where you're from?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
How long you been here?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Ten years though I'm just fresh off the boat.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
To you too. Tell us a little bit about Dawn.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
So me and Dawn mess when I first started in
Arizona Specialty Hospital. It's the hospital that we both work
in on and we met in twenty eighteen, and I
think we became fast friends. We're like kindred spirits. She
is the most incredible person, and I can talk about
her all day, but there's nothing like meeting her in person.
She's just gives so much and refuses to take back.
(01:18):
And sometimes when you offer and help to her, she's
proud and and she just sometimes just doesn't like to
take the help. But she has done so much for others.
Grateful that I have a friend like Don.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Okay, so sweet.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
All right, let's call her she and workers. She at
home this morning? That work okay, Yeah, sounds like she's
busy all the time.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
She's a foster mom.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Right, She's a foster mom. She has fostered like the
twenty three over the past ten years.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Let's get done.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
On the phone, Arizona, specially hospital, Leslie.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Hi, Leslie, can we talk to Don?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Please you can?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
She's right here.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Thank you so much. Say hello Don, Hey Don, it's John,
Jay and Rich. Can we put you on the radio
with us for just a moment please? We promise it's
good news. Uh yeah, we already got it cleared through
your work.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Lorraine. Lorraine is in our studio. I don't.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Know.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Did you know she was from Ireland?
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Well that's what she says.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah, I don She wrote us a letter about you,
and we asked her to come into our studio and
read the letter to.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
You on our radio show. Is that okay? Yes, okay,
So Lorrain, whenever.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
You're ready, Hi, ton Hiri told you that I'd ask
for forgiveness as opposed for permission. Rice Yes, DearS, John, Jay,
and Rich, I'm writing to you about my wonderful friend Dawn.
She has opened her home in her heart to so many.
In addition to her three biological children, she has adopted
two children and has been a foster mom for ten years,
(03:11):
fostering twenty three babies to date. She also home skills
her kids and works as a registered nurse in Arizona
Specialty Hospital and as a community volunteer, all while undergoing
treatment for cancer.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
She is a warrior.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
I love her so much and she has held my
hand and my heart many times in our friendship. She
is a beacon of light and hope, and her strong
dose of humor is contagious. She is one of life's
earth angels. The world needs more of her, but most
importantly the world needs to know more about her. The
(03:48):
biggest challenge of light has been her unreliable mini van.
She has had to put thousands of dollars into repairs
and it just broke down again. I feel she deserves
a little help and to get back what she has
had so selflessly put ice, can you make this Christmas
a little bit less stressful for her?
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Am?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I in trouble.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
That was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Well, Don, we'd like to grant the Christmas wish for you, okay,
so we have some things for you and your family.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I would like to start off by giving you two
hundred dollars to Fries for food, oh, thank you. And
one hundred.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Dollars for the whole family to Chick fil A, Oh yummy,
thank you. Also have one hundred dollars. The whole family
is Banato's Pizzeria and Family.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Kitchen, Oh good, thank you.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
And our friends at United Food Bank they brought you
turkey rolls, produce stuffing, canned goods, and all the fixes
for a hoty meal for the whole family.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
And then we went out shopping specifically for your kids.
So each of your kids is going to receive one
hundred and fifty dollars for clothes at H and M
or Old Navy, okay, thank you. Each of your kids
will also receive one hundred dollars for shoes at DSW.
(05:23):
So we also went shopping for each kid individually. So
for example, Ellie and Maddie eighteen year old.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Right, both of them, Yeah, they.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Each will receive a Fuji film instant camera and film,
body wash, bath bombs, face masks and Superbomb lip tubes,
a Kinsey Studio journal, a fleece blanket and slippers, and
fifty bucks to Sephora.
Speaker 6 (05:47):
Oh that's wonderful.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
For Katie, your ten year old, we got a fully
furnished Barbie Vacation house, rollerskts, helmet and pad, a Barbie
Jumbo dish, The Princess Coloring book, a Barbie Pop Adoption
set You could Be Anything doctor set, and a snuggle
throw Squish mellows blanket and pillow.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
Who love that?
Speaker 6 (06:11):
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (06:12):
And for me, she's six. Yes, we got a Razor kickscooter,
a helmet pads and.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Risk ons awesome.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
A Barbie dance and show horse with great horse Chase Barbie.
You can Be Anything, Vet Barbie, Barbie Jumbo coloring book
with Crayolo crans and markers, a Hello Kitty playpack and
Figuring paint set, Snuggle throw, Squish mellows blanket and pillow.
Speaker 6 (06:39):
Gosh, thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (06:40):
You'll love that.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
You got a lot of kids here.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
I know.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
A seven year old.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
We got him a Razor kickbackscooter with helmet pads, a
blanket and spider Man pillow, a Marvel Avengers, a Racer
and Coloring activity set, a Nerf Weather Blitz football, a
Lego Marvel Infinity Sega set and spider Man set. Marvel
spider Man radio controlled remote control car with turbo boost.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
That's awesome.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
He'll love that.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And for Hudson, you're eighteen month old, we got him
a leaf Frog Bilingual one hundred Animals, Touch and Learn book,
a Cloud Island plush toy set, Gigglescape truck set with
chunky wheels, Fisher Price Sorted Out block set, Laugh and
Learn controller, Gigglescape Silicone cupstacker, and the Very Hungry Caterpillars
First Winter book and plush toy.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Oh my god, it's so fun.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Also, we got your whole family a bunch of gifts too.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
We're gonna give you a.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Seven foot pre lit Christmas tree with ornaments, a tree
topper and a tree skirt.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
Oh thank you, and.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I think this is important. A seven quart crock pot
slow cooker.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Oh yeah, thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
You broke.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
And our friends at Bertuccio Farms are giving you Christmas
at the Farm experience for the whole family.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
It's a great adventure.
Speaker 6 (08:06):
Oh, that's wonderful.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Also, we set up Mia, our friends at Ashley Furniture
and Tempe set her up with a new pink twin
bed and nightstand.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
And our friend Tony Williams from Big O' Tires who's
going to help with the installation of four brand new tires.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
For your car.
Speaker 6 (08:28):
Oh, my goodness, that's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
And one more thing, a generous benefactor with the Miss
Arizona Scholarship Foundation is going to provide a five hundred
dollars college scholarship to both Ellie and Maddie to use
at the university.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Of their choice next year.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Well.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Merry Christmas, Dawn, Thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Merry Christmas.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Now there's one other thing. My wife, Blake.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
She's our little Christmas Elf and she is right outside
with everything we just talked about.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Outside of somewhere, Blake, where are you?
Speaker 6 (09:13):
I am standing out in the lobby. Oh, thank you.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Can you walk out to her or can she walk
out to you? Blake?
Speaker 6 (09:24):
I could walk out to her.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
The only she doesn't have the tires unless you brought
him with her. She was throwing the money ironically, but
as she furniture is there. Everybody's there with everything we
just talked about.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Oh my gosh, thank you.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
Yeah, I can walk down there.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
I can't bring the all.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
We'll keep. We'll keep Blake on the phone until you
show up. Okay, so right, cruise.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
To the outside, the outside of the Okay, here she is,
Merry Christmas.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
So you're welcome so much.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
It's like, come on you, Yeah, we surprised. Oh my gosh, well,
Merry Christmas. We're so happy to be a little helphome
and make joy.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
I'm look at all these people.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Own all your game.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
I'm You're welcome so much.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
So here we are.
Speaker 6 (10:44):
There's there's like thirty people outside for her and all
the gifts, and it's just beautiful. Thank you so much.
I don't know what to say.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Thank you and I'm speechless.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Christmas, Merry Christmas time.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
I love you, Lovain, thank you, You're welcome.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
Rest you soon.
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